The 27-year-old Golf Channel reporter is part of the broadcast crew for the Walker Cup this coming weekend in Ireland. But after sharing medalist honors and winning her first-round match on Monday, Doran is focused on the task at hand: winning a USGA championship. The two-time U.S. Curtis Cup member reached the quarterfinals in this event last year and is hopeful for even more success this year. She’s also already planned for a “best case” scenario should she reach the 18-hole championship match scheduled for Thursday; Doran booked her flight to Ireland for 7:45 p.m. that night.
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view allThe PGA Tour announced Sunday that Trump will serve as the honorary chairman for the match between American and International players in late September at Medinah. It is custom for the sitting president to be in the role, as Trump held the same position for the 2017 Presidents Cup at Liberty National. Trump also attended last year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, sitting behind the first tee.
Scottie Scheffler wasn't the only big winner on Tour Championship Sunday as one gambler seemed poised for a serious payday as well. Have a look at this incredible betting slip which parlayed longshot Joe Dean winning on the DP World Tour at +12500 (125-to-1 odds) with Viktor Hovland winning the without Scottie Scheffler market at East Lake at +2200 (22-to-1) odds:
As you can see, that parlay would pay +289700 or about 2,900-to-1 odds. That means that even just a $10 bet by this guy would result in a payday of nearly $29,000! Not too shabby.
Immediately following his FedEx Cup-clinching victory at East Lake, the World No. 1 noticed there was an open bar inside the clubhouse and he couldn't resist. "I was like, alright, I'm grabbing a beer. It tasted great," Scheffler said. Yeah, we'd imagine the first sip that hits your lips after winning $10 million is a generational sip. Especially when it's your first sip in a "long time":
Is it any wonder this guy is at the absolute top of his game? No booze, just golf. Nobody is more focused on the task at hand than Scheffler. Unlike Ryan Gerard, though, even he knows when it's time to let loose.
The man is no stranger to flying all over God's creation to play golf. At the very end of 2025, Gerard made headlines for going to all the way to East Africa to play in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in a last-ditch effort to earn a Masters invitation (he did). This week, after finishing solo third in the Tour Championship at East Lake, Gerard is going straight to Switzerland for the DP World Tour's Omega European Masters. Why would he do such a thing coming off a career year on the PGA Tour that has earned him the right to kick up his feet and relax for, at minimum, a week or two. Well, it's complicated.
"Well, I need to play two more DP World Tour events to maintain not being suspended from their Tour. So that was one of [reasons]," Gerard said.
"Like full transparency, if I get a Presidents Cup spot, I'd love to kind of roll into there being a little bit more prepared. I like to play a lot of golf. And if I don't, I'll probably just stay over there and play Wentworth and the France Open after that.
"Yeah, a bit of a weird stretch of the year for me. I like playing lots of golf. I feel like I'm at my most prepared when I'm in kind of a rhythm. I'll be ready for whatever the future holds, but I need to get a couple more events in."
Gerard finished well outside the automatic qualifier cut line for the Presidents Cup, so he would need to rely on a captain's pick from Brandt Snedeker, who has a helluva tough task on his hand in picking the next six guys. When the qualifying window ended at the BMW, Gerard was actually outside the top 15. But with his finish at East Lake, and maybe another high finish in Switzerland, he's giving Sneds plenty to think about.
He was tied at the top with nine holes remaining in Michigan. He ended tied for third, four shots behind Steven Alker. Three back-nine bogeys at Warwick Hills were the culprit for the 50-year-old Block, who shot 74 to Alker’s 68. He was disappointed that he didn’t win but the consolation prize is that his performance earned him a spot in the next Champions Tour event, the Sanford International in two weeks in Sioux Falls, S.D. “I felt quick, I felt fast, I felt out of rhythm,” the Southern California club pro said. “I will do what I can to try to get better.”
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view allit’s to clear up a ruling or explain something in greater detail. On Sunday at the Tour Championship, it was to look at video of Viktor Hovland in a bunker on the 13th hole at East Lake. In this case, Dusbabek seemed definitive on the scenario saying, “we’ve looked at this video and it does not appear to us that he has touched the sand so it would not be a penalty in this case.”
Listen to the clip below of the silence, followed by CBS Sports analyst Trevor Immelman with a, “oooh, that looks pretty close right there.” See for yourself.
who just played the final LPGA event of her career and made the cut at the FM Championship in Boston, received hugs, congratulatory texts, warm wishes, and a couple nice bottles of champagne. Both of those gifts had special meaning for the 39-year-old Swede. “I got a really, really nice bottle of, I think it was champagne, but I'm not sure. I don't drink a ton. That was from Lydia Ko the other day,” Nordqvist said. “It was a vintage of 2009 and that was my rookie year. When I got greeted off the 18th hole, I just received another of the same brand, and that was 2017, and obviously a very important year in my life because that was when I won my first major in Europe. I've had a lot of messages and a lot of support this week, so I'm very grateful.”
Nordqvist closes her career with nine LPGA titles and three majors. She will captain Europe in the Solheim Cup Sept. 11-13 at Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands.